The Palencia Chocolate company Trapa, created the first chocolate in Spain 50 years ago. Trapa has decided to celebrate its anniversary by sponsoring orangutans in Borneo. They argue that it is due to its commitment to the environment and the withdrawal of palm oil from its products that help stop deforestation. Fake News Once again, it is about using marketing and fear in the face of scientific […]
Almost every media outlet has covered the Indonesian forest fires. They blame palm oil for over 1.6 million hectares of burning forests. This is fake news. The real numbers Even the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the initial source of the incorrect numbers, have apologized and admitted their mistake. The real numbers are far […]
Palm Oil plantations are a resource for development and an instrument of economic and political stability. For the Vatican, it is a balance between human needs and environmental sustainability. The plantations also help control migration to Europe. The Pope meets the CEO of one of the largest energy multinationals and reaffirms the concept of the […]
The claim “palm oil-free” aims to make the consumer believe that they are buying a more sustainable product. But is it true? To verify this, we analyzed several authoritative independent scientific studies commissioned by international bodies, governments, and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), to measure the sustainability of some of the vegetable oils most often used […]
Linking palm oil to cholesterol is an old argument put forward by those who wanted, at all costs, to see it disappear from the face of the earth. Articles, blogs, fake-news, social network campaigns have all invaded the minds of consumers, influencing their choices and making fools of them – don’t eat palm oil because […]
The article is taken from https://thepalmscribe.id/papuans-want-palm-oil-plantations. That one’s life can turn like a wheel, with its ups and downs, is something that Samuel Maikea and his wife Rachel Derione can vouch for. This native Papuan couple from the Iwaro Tribe have now settled in Puragi village, in the South Sorong district of West Papua. Before settling […]